The Greenfield Local Cultural Council Is Now Accepting Submissions for Its Fourth Annual Juried Show, “Changing.” Applications due August 19.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: Friday, August 19 (entries must be received by that date)
ACCEPTANCE NOTIFICATION: August 24
DROP OFF: Between 10 a.m. & 6 p.m., August 24-26Exhibition Dates: September 2 – the end of December
Reception: Friday, September 2, 5-8 p.m. at Greenfield Community Television, 393 Main Street, where the show will hang.

The Greenfield Local Cultural Council is pleased to announce its fourth annual juried exhibition, "Changing." We will be accepting painting, drawing, prints, wall-mounted mixed media, video, and photography with the theme of changing. Each artist may submit up to two pieces.

Submissions will only be accepted online. If this presents a hardship for you, please contact the GLCC at GreenfieldLCC@gmail.com to see if other arrangements can be made. You may also contact us at that address if you have any issues registering or general questions.

How to Enter:
After registering, artists must upload or e-mail images of their work to GreenfieldLCC@gmail.com, in .jpg or .png formats, 1000px on longest side, with a limit of two pieces per entry.
In the email please include any special information related to hanging/displaying your works, weight if more than 15 lbs, and make sure your image files are labeled with name, title, and dimensions.
Accepted Entrants may be asked to provide more detailed descriptions for consideration. Pieces must be ready-to-hang, with wire, 2-D pieces within 36x48.”

Video art work: provide a representative image from the work, and indicate what is needed to display the work, and what you can provide – there is limited space to display such works.

Note: Art may be for sale if you choose. Commission fee for sold artworks is 15%, proceeds to go to the Greenfield Local Cultural Council.

Submissions must be received by midnight, Friday, August 12. Selected artists will be notified by August 19. Artists who have been accepted into the show are expected to make arrangements to drop off their work at GCTV during the week of August 22-26. If you are unable to drop your art during the week, please contact us by the beginning of that week to see about other arrangements. Any artworks selected which are not available for the dates listed above or for the duration of the exhibition, will be forfeited and the next selected artist will be chosen.

FORMATTING OF WORK SAMPLES: DIGITAL IMAGES

File name: Images numbered in the order you would like them to be seen and labeled according to the titles on your list of work. (Example- “lastname01_untitled.jpg, lastname02_sunset.jpg”)

File size: No larger than 1.0 MB (each image) at 300dpi

File format: .JPG (preferred), png, gif

email images to: GreenfieldLCC@gmail.com or upload using registration form below

Greenfield Local Cultural Council has the pleasure of presenting Wil Robert’s eclectic representation’s of GCC:

Extracted from Wil’s notes:
The pieces in this exhibit were done during the summer of 2014. Rummaging through old files, I found a folder filled with drawings I had made over the many years I taught at Greenfield Community College. They were products of hours that otherwise would have been wasted as I sat through faculty meetings and union meetings, as well as through sessions of contractually required attendance at so-called professional days.
The drawings, often directly influenced by the time and content of a meeting, are my notes on and reactions to discussions of academic issues, discussions of union and political issues, presentations of and debates over institutional goals, missions, taboos. In some of the drawings the content of the meetings is obvious; in others it is less so.

Whoa, how did September creep up on us so quickly? We’re waiting to find out this year’s grant allocation from the Mass Cultural Council, at which point our grant cycle will officially open. We’ll let you know as soon as that happens.

In the meantime, you could do us a huge favor by filling out this online survey. We’d like to find out how you think we’re doing, and how we might be able to better help both grantees and the folks who enjoy what grantees do. Thanks for giving us a hand!

GLCC grant recipient Paint the Town Green is looking for proposals for a mural project that will be installed on the outside wall of Green Fields Market in downtown Greenfield. From the RFP:

Since this is on the wall of the Coop, a theme of “Our Community Involvement in Sustainable Food Systems” is being suggested.

Participation is open to anyone who lives or works in Franklin County and is 19 or older. First draft proposals should be submitted in jpeg format by email by April 22nd. The committee may select up to three designs and ask the artists to present a final draft of their design for final selection. That selection will be done by the committee with final approval by a representative of the coop. by May 1st. Installation will begin as soon as weather permits, usually around Memorial Day. We expect the mural to be completed within a month.

There will be a $750 award for the winning design, which will be presented upon completion of the mural. We would like the installation of the design to be a collaborative effort, with the artist being in charge of layout, final touches, and completion of the project, while supervising others who want to participate in the painting.

It’s time for the 2nd annual art show sponsored by the Greenfield Local Cultural Council, “01301/2: photos of Greenfield.” This year’s show features photos of Greenfield chosen from submissions to the Master Plan photo contest and those submitted directly to the GLCC. It will run from February 6 through the end of March at the Greenfield Community College Downtown Campus at 270 Main Street. Building hours are Monday – Friday 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. and in the evenings when classes are being held.

A four-person jury made up of Braden Chattman, a faculty member at the Hallmark Institute of Photography who was also on last year’s jury; Karen Gaudette, artist, educator, and winner of last year’s show “01301: images by, for, and about Greenfield”; Beth Reynolds, photographer, educator, and owner of base camp photo; and Greenfield Mayor Bill Martin curated the show and chose the three winning images. The show will include an additional gallery of work from local professional photographers who were invited to show by the GLCC.

Please join us at the opening on Thursday, February 6 from 5 – 7 p.m. as we celebrate Greenfield as captured through the lens of these talented photographers. Light refreshments will be served; no admission charge. You can see the facebook event page here.

Have you submitted your photograph(s) to our second annual juried show “01301/2: photos of Greenfield” yet? You still have time! The deadline is December 31. The competition is open to all ages and abilities; the show will take place at the GCC Downtown Center February/March 2014. Show us what Greenfield looks like to you!

Yes, it’s October 15 already! How did THAT happen! That means that GLCC grant applications are due today. Make sure to either drop them off at Greenfield Town Hall or the Chamber of Commerce, or get them into the mail so they’re postmarked today. We really want to see your applications – help us help you make Greenfield an even cooler place!